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For a time
he was very successful painting views of London and of various
country houses. Subsequently, his work became increasingly lifeless
and mannered, so much so that rumours were put about, probably
by rivals, that he was not in fact the famous Canaletto but an
impostor. In 1755 he returned to Venice and continued active for
the remainder of his life. Legends of his having amassed a fortune
in Venice are disproved by the official inventory of his estate
on his death. Before this, Joseph Smith had sold the major part
of his paintings to George III, thus bringing into the royal collection
an unrivalled group of Canaletto's paintings and drawings. Canaletto
was highly influential in Italy and elsewhere. His nephew Bernardo
Bellotto took his style to Central Europe and his followers in
England included William Marlow and Samuel Scott.
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